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A/N: What is this? An update to this story? No way. I'm going to keep my author's note short and sweet. I had author's block for nearly two years. Seriously. The end.
I don't own DBZ.
Amusement parks. They annoyed her to no end.
She had never found the entertaining part of them, but she imagined that was mostly due to her alien heritage. Even the fastest of roller coasters was like slow motion to her. She could fly many times faster than the engineers creating the rides could ever dream of.
To top it all off, the clowns that tended to wander the grounds scared the living daylights out of her. Even Freeza in his second form didn't look at ridiculous as the clowns. She remembered being scared of them back when she was scared of everything; not even Piccolo-san's training could beat that fear out of her.
It was for those reasons that Gohan found herself highly annoyed as she was tugged toSatanland, Satan City's largest amusement park, by Erasa and Videl. She shuddered as she walked under the grinning face of Mr. Satan that stood as an entrance to the park. She only prayed the clowns didn't wear gulp Mr. Satan masks.
"I swear, Papa needs to stop being so full of himself." Videl sighed, resisting the urge, which was shared by Gohan, to hit the Mr. Satan sign with all of her might. "He looks absolutely ridiculous on this sign. It's embarrassing."
"Awww, don't be so hard on the guy, Videl!" Erasa laughed. "I mean, he did save the world, after all!"
"Yeah, I guess he did." Videl mumbled, rolling her eyes, knowing the full truth of that lie. It had actually been Gohan who had defeated Cell.
Videl's shoulders slumped. She really wished Gohan could have come to the park with them. He had said that Bulma and his mother were forcing him to do babysitting duty with Goten and Trunks.
In reality, Gohan had actually told Videl that he couldn't come because…well, he was afraid he'd turn into a she right in front of her. He knew the park had several rides that involved water. He didn't want to take that risk. Of course, Videl had managed to drag him along as Hana.
"Hey! Why don't we go on the Satanic?" Erasa suggested. "I've heard it's the fastest roller coaster in Satan City. You up to it? I know you get a bit scared on those kinds of rides, Videl."
"I DO NOT!" The crime fighter yelled, her pride bristling. "A ride like the Satanic is nothing! Don't you agree, Hana?'
Gohan looked up from the book she'd brought to keep her entertained. "Eh? Oh, yeah."
"So, it's settled then." Erasa smiled, knowing of Videl's fear of roller coasters. She hadn't been the girl's best friend for ten years for nothing. Videl had nearly had a come-apart when they'd went on an upside down roller coaster when they were thirteen.
Gohan glanced over at Videl, immediately noticing the nervousness in her composure. Surely she wasn't afraid of roller coasters?
The three girls got in the winding line for the roller coaster. Erasa asked Videl if she had her fast pass. Videl immediately answered that she didn't, despite having it tucked away in her pocket. She didn't want to rush through the line. She really didn't like roller coasters at all.
Gohan was about to open up her book again when she heard a familiar voice call from behind them.
"Videl! Erasa!" Sharpener ran up to them, grinning. "Fancy seeing you here."
Videl rolled her eyes as Sharpener handed her a rose. "A rose for my beautiful girlfriend to be," he said.
She promptly handed him the rose back. "Sharpener, when will you get it? I'm not going to go out with you."
"You say that now, beautiful, but that's just because you're so enthralled with that Son Gohan." Gohan rolled her eyes at that statement. "Videl-san, you will definitely come around when you open your eyes and see what a weakling nerd he is."
"What exactly makes you so worthy of Videl-chan, Sharpener?" Gohan asked, becoming annoyed with Sharpener's advances on Videl, although she wasn't sure why. His statements towards her didn't bother her at all…but she didn't like the looks he gave Videl.
"Who is this hot chick, girls?" Sharpener asked, pulling Gohan towards him. "She's cute, despite the fact that she is obviously a geek."
The demi-saiyajin growled under her breath, immediately removing Sharpener's hand from around her waist. She definitely was NOT going to be hit on by a boy. She shivered at the though. Getting hit on by girls was bad enough.
"That's Hana-chan." Videl responded, placing her hands on her hips. "Leave her alone, Sharpener. She's not interested."
"Oh? What is that, Videl-san? Is that jealousy I hear?"
Gohan sweat dropped as she saw one of Videl's eye brows twitch. Didn't Sharpener see that he was walking the line of being kicked into the upper stratosphere?
"Idiot. I'm only saying that because you're obviously getting on Hana-chan's nerves. I could care less about who you flirt with, but leave my friends and me out of it."
"Hana…what an exquisite name." Gohan wanted to hurl as Sharpener grabbed her and pulled her into a hug, pressing her small body against his. A small part of her wondered where Sharpener had learned to increase his vocabulary. "Tell me, Hana, how would you like to…get out of here and have some time to ourselves?"
As soon as Sharpener began to fondle her breasts, he found himself flying towards the other end of the park, propelled by three female kicks.
"Damn you, Sharpener." Videl grumbled. "Stop being such a pervert!"
Gohan huffed, crossing her arms over her chest, then promptly let them fall, still not liking the feel of resting them on female parts. She was determined to get the dragonballs together now. It was one thing for her to accidentally brush her arms against her…breasts (she blushed just thinking about it), but she absolutely would not stand for guys hitting on her like that, let alone touching those things!
Erasa, on the other hand, was angry for a different reason.
"SHARPENER! WHAT AM I, UGLY? ARE MY BOOBS NOT BIG ENOUGH? YOU HIT ON EVERY GIRL BUTME!"
Everyone in line turned to the three girl s at Erasa's scream. After seeing that it was just a psychotic teenager screaming and not an injured or dieing person, everyone returned to what they were previously doing.
Gohan and Videl sweat dropped. Erasa actually wanted to be groped by Sharpener?
Within no time, the three were at the front of the line. Only two people could sit on one row, which lead to the question of who was going to sit alone.
"I can ride alone." Gohan said, realizing that Videl was scared of the ride, figured the crime fighter would rather ride with Erasa.
"Oh, that's alright, Hana," Erasa promptly sat down in the empty seat in front of them. She smiled weakly, knowing exactly how hard Videl could squeeze a girl's arm or hand could when scared. Her arm had nearly turned blue from lack of circulation the last time she'd sat with Videl on a roller coaster. "You go ahead and sit with Videl."
The demi-saiyajin shrugged. Whatever worked best. She didn't think that Videl wanted to be alone.
Videl and Gohan sat down in their seats. The instant the contraption that went over her shoulders came down, she shivered. She knew this roller coaster had upside down loops. Gohan, on the other hand, was just preparing for a boring ride.
Videl let out a small whimper as the coaster started, immediately going up the largest of the slopes. As they continued up the seventy degree angle, Videl instinctively grabbed on to the closest thing, which happened to be Gohan's hand.
A blush immediately came to Gohan's face when Videl grabbed her hand. She gripped Videl's hand back to give her reassurance right before the coaster went over the top of the mound and began its race down the slope.
"AAAAAAAAAH!" Videl, as well as many others, screamed. Gohan suddenly felt her hand being constricted very tightly. It was tight enough to make the demi-saiyajin wince.
They began racing towards a loop when Gohan's precious book went flying down to the ground below. She groaned. There went her one bit of entertainment.
Before any of them knew it, they were back inside the hut where the ride took off from. Videl realized how hard she was gripping Gohan's hand and immediately let go, leaving Gohan with a bruised hand. Gohan was now assured that Videl had the strongest grip, besides Vegeta, maybe.
Erasa then mentioned the one thing that she enjoyed about amusement parks.
"Hey, why don't we go get something to eat? Those funnel cakes looked heavenly."
Gohan was immediately standing at Erasa's side, drool lightly glistening from the side of her mouth. If she was a dog, her tail would be wagging a mile a minute.
"Yeah, Videl! Let's go! Let's go!" Gohan chirped enthusiastically, a large smile on her face.
"I guess." Videl was still shaken up from the ride.
The three all went to the food area and were in the front of the line in no time.
"I'd like a funnel cake and a coke, please." Erasa asked, giving the man a wad of cash. "I can pay for your food, too, you guys."
"That's okay, Erasa. It's not like I'm short on money." Videl responded.
"I want to though!"
"Fine." Videl responded, rolling her eyes. "I'll take a pretzel and a Dr. Pepper, please. Thanks, Erasa."
"What about you, Hana?" The blonde asked.
Gohan just laughed nervously while scratching the back of her head. Videl couldn't help but notice exactly how much she looked like Gohan when she did that.
"Well…I'll just pay for my own stuff. Trust me, Erasa, you don't want to."
"Okay, if you really don't want me to." Erasa blinked. After paying for her and Videl's orders, it was Gohan's time to order.
"Ummmm….I'll take five funnel cakes, five pretzels, five nachos, five of those little pizzas, and five large cokes, please."
The man at the counter, as well as Videl, Erasa, and many others in the line, all gaped. The girl honestly wanted twenty items of food along with five of the large sodas? Was she nuts?
"Are you sure, ma'am?"
"Yep!" Gohan grinned. She had made sure to eat before she came. She was proud that she'd only ordered twenty food items!
"It's going to be a few minutes. Why don't you go sit down and we'll bring it out?" He told her.
"Okay. That's fine with me." The girl responded, as she walked over to a table with Erasa and Videl.
They arrived at their table only to be greeted by their favorite person approximately 0.5 seconds later.
"ERASA! MY BEAUTIFUL VIDEL-CHAN! MY STUNNING HANA-CHAN!"
Sharpener ran up to the table and immediately hugged Videl and Gohan close to himself, scraping some of the dirt and twigs off of his clothes on to them. He had obviously fallen into a bush or tree when kicked away from them last time.
Erasa glared on. "Sharpener, what's your problem with me? Am I that horrendous?"
"Awww…you know it isn't that, Erasa-chan." Sharpener's smile broadened. "You're just not my type!"
A vein appeared on Erasa's head. "Not your type as in not black haired and not having big boobs like those two?"
"ERASA!" Videl yelled, pushing Sharpener off of her.
Gohan just blushed. It wasn't as if Erasa's were small, and she sure didn't think hers were that big.
The blonde boy ignored her and clasped Gohan's hands in his. "Back to what I was saying earlier, Hana-chan…"
"AAAH!" A young woman screeched as the hot water she was carrying for her tea went flying towards Gohan.
Gohan screamed and pried herself from Sharpener's arms, narrowly missing the jar that was headed her direction. She definitely didn't want to turn back into a boy in front of those three...and not in Sharpener's arms! That would sure be embarrassing.
Sharpener, however, wasn't quite as lucky. The glass pot slammed him on his cranium, knocking him out.
The three just sighed of relief and moved to a different table as several people brought Gohan's food. Gohan drooled at seeing it all coming her way.
The second it was placed down and the people got a 'thank you,' Gohan was digging in to the food, not taking a moment to think that it might look weird to Erasa and Videl, considering she ate that way as a boy also.
Videl and Erasa's eyes were the size of saucers. The only person they knew that could eat that much and that fast was Gohan! It was just inhuman.
The crime fighter began to observe Hana, coming to the quick realization that she not only ate like Gohan, but also resembled him greatly. She had scratched her head back in the line in that manner that was only shared by the Son family.
"Hey, Hana-chan?" Videl started. Gohan looked up from her food, letting out a small 'mmrph?' to let Videl know she'd heard her.
"Hana-chan, you wouldn't happen to be related to Son Gohan, would you?" Gohan began to choke on the nacho she was swallowing. "I mean, you look so much like him…and you eat just like him, too!"
Gohan coughed, getting up the offending nacho.
"E-e-eh? Well, I know Gohan-kun…but I'm not related. I'm just a friend of Bulma-san's!" Gohan laughed nervously, knowing she was a bad liar.
Videl caught on to the lie immediately, thinking of yet another thing that reminded her of Gohan. Lying was an impossible feat for him. She decided to save her interrogation for another day.
After finishing up their meal, the girls decided to go play some of the games. After some thought and debate, they decided to play the darts game. As they were walking over to the booth, Gohan shuddered. Oh, Kami-sama. There was…there was…there was…A CLOWN WITH A MR. SATAN MASK! She wanted to cry from the utter horror of it.
Videl's eyes widened. What the hell? Her father made the clowns where masks of his own face? How pathetic…and freaky. She saw Gohan shudder to her side.
When they arrived at the booth, they each decided to purchase three darts. Erasa groaned as none of hers even got close to the mark. Darts wasn't her best game.
Gohan went next, trying her best to aim for the mark, but the Mr. Satan clown that was hovering behind her was giving her the creeps. Her first dart hit the outer part of the circle.
"Darn!" Erasa groaned from beside her.
Aiming her second dart, she was positive she'd make the mark…until the Mr. Satan clown began to get so close that he was breathing in her ear. Her next dart nearly struck the game maintainer.
"Hey! Watch it, lady!" He yelled. This girl really sucked. He hoped Videl was better.
By the time she was at her third dart, Gohan was ready to physically remove the clown from behind her. She aimed for the mark again. She was about to throw it when the clown began to grope her butt. The dart went flying behind her into the clown's Mr. Satan mask. Gohan shuddered at the thought of anything with Mr. Satan's face touching anypart of her body in that way.
"Ah! My stunning Hana-chan has such spunk." The clown laughed as he took of his mask, revealing himself as none other than SHARPENER!
Gohan's eyes narrowed. "Weren't you knocked out just a minute ago?"
"That doesn't matter, my beautiful sprite." Sharpener began. "What matters is what I was talking to you about before…"
He began to rub her butt and once again found himself flying through the air again by a kick from Gohan.
Videl went ahead and threw her darts whilst Gohan was huffing over Sharpener's idiocy behind her. Videl managed to get two of the darts on the circle next to the mark, while the last dart hit the mark on target.
"Congrats, Miss Satan!" The man behind the counter said as he handed her a teddy bear.
Videl looked down at the bear, then over at Gohan, who looked like she was about to burst an artery. She handed Gohan the bear.
"Here, Hana-chan. You can have it." Videl told her. "You've put up with that idiot Sharpener more than I have today. You deserve it."
Gohan blushed, taking the teddy bear. "Thank you, Videl-chan…"
"It's no problem."
"What do you say we get out of here?" Erasa suggested. "Sharpe-jerk is really aggravating me. You girls want to head over to the mall?"
Videl sighed. She didn't like shopping with Erasa, but anything was better than Sharpener. "Okay, Erasa. I need to get some new shoes anyway. These are getting kind of worn."
The blonde asked, "What about you, Hana-chan?"
Gohan fumbled with the teddy bear. "I think I'll just go on home. I told my mother that I'd be back before dark."
"Ah. I understand." Erasa responded. "Well, it was nice meeting up with you here, even if that Sharpener tried to ruin it!"
Gohan laughed. "Yeah. Thanks for inviting me. See you later." With that, she left the park and began her walk to a good place to take flight from.
Videl observed her as she walked away. There was just something fishy about that girl.
A/N: I've written and re-written this chapter four times, but I think I'm satisfied enough with it this time. Please R and R.